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Heroism in ambush may yield top valor awards

By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Aug 1, 2010 11:47:01 EDT

With no air or artillery support, the Marines of Embedded Training Team 2-8 were trapped deep in a kill zone in eastern Afghanistan. Their radios worked only sporadically, and dozens of insurgents fired on them repeatedly from three sides.

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Heroism in ambush may yield top valor awards